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Old 25th April 2022, 10:39   #21
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My nearly 23 year old V6 is driving a treat and I do not use any oil at all. Never topping up between one year services.
I should admit that 193k km (120k miles) isn't that much (despite one says it's very old at this mileage here, who wants to buy those cars now?) but I've got great hopes that God willing she'll last longer than me. I don't see any reason to swap any part within the engine at the moment.
Be interested to know if you drive the car regularly or is it only driven weekends etc.
If i buy this car its going to only be driven every second week i think.
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Old 25th April 2022, 10:57   #22
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When I had my first ZS180 bought it at 13,000 miles in 2004, I sold it with 243,000 miles on it to my son as I wasn't using it any more a few years later.
Was a very reliable engine and couldn't fault it at all with the exception of oil getting into the throttle housing and leaking into the air filter
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Old 25th April 2022, 12:43   #23
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[QUOTE=Dorchester2;2929488]I've heard about several kv6 2.5 still in good condition which have exceeded 300,000 km (around 190,000 miles) here in France.
Provided it is well cared for and regularly serviced there's no problem at all.
Mine is a 193,000 km autobox, drives a treat & in brilliant condition and I hope I'll die before her! /QUOTE]I agree, these are a very robust engines provided the maintenance is kept up. I changed over the engine and auto trans to synthetic oil several years back and have done the timing chains, water pump, aux. belt, and keep a close eye on the cooling system. At 100,000Km it runs strong, loves to rev and shows no signs of oil burning, leaks or odd noises. I have also removed the plastic engine cover to lower the heat retention on the engine components.

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Old 25th April 2022, 19:50   #24
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I agree, these are a very robust engines provided the maintenance is kept up. I changed over the engine and auto trans to synthetic oil several years back and have done the timing chains, water pump, aux. belt, and keep a close eye on the cooling system. At 100,000Km it runs strong, loves to rev and shows no signs of oil burning, leaks or odd noises. I have also removed the plastic engine cover to lower the heat retention on the engine components.

I fully agree. A regular service that is all about.
Moreover mine is garaged & kept dry and safe, bonnet open and battery permanently connected to a automatic charger.
BTW I've noticed the place where you're living and I deeply wish you to get out of that ordeal ASAP.
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Old 26th April 2022, 06:05   #25
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Be interested to know if you drive the car regularly or is it only driven weekends etc.
If i buy this car its going to only be driven every second week i think.

Yes she's regularly driven once a fortnight at least on good months, and once a month in the bad season, mainly for cruising on medium and long distances. She's so comfy! Then around 7k km (4k mls) a year or so.
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Old 27th April 2022, 11:38   #26
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I've heard about several kv6 2.5 still in good condition which have exceeded 300,000 km (around 190,000 miles) here in France.
Provided it is well cared for and regularly serviced there's no problem at all.
Mine is a 193,000 km autobox, drives a treat & in brilliant condition and I hope I'll die before her! /QUOTE]I agree, these are a very robust engines provided the maintenance is kept up. I changed over the engine and auto trans to synthetic oil several years back and have done the timing chains, water pump, aux. belt, and keep a close eye on the cooling system. At 100,000Km it runs strong, loves to rev and shows no signs of oil burning, leaks or odd noises. I have also removed the plastic engine cover to lower the heat retention on the engine components.
Nice to hear from you, hope you are C-19 free and come out of the present terrible situation soon, safe and well. Changed my engine to semi-synthetic about 30K miles back. No timing chains on the KV6, just rubber toothed belts
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I changed over the ... auto trans to synthetic oil several years back ...
Just to let you know Kurt that the specified N402 transmission fluid is synthetic.

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